Series 959

Road Commission. Department of Highways Outdoor advertising sign inventories, 1965-1975.

23.75 cubic feet

These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.

Historical Note

See history of the records' creator.

Summary of Records

This series contains outdoor advertising sign inventories conducted by the Department of Highways for a highway beautification program. The inventories contain various pieces of information pertaining to date, sign size, sign ownership, land ownership, sign message, comments, and location. It is typical for each sign inventory to have an accompanying photograph of the sign being inventoried.

Scope and Content

This series contains outdoor advertising sign inventories conducted by the Department of Highways for a highway beautification program. The inventories contain various pieces of information pertaining to date, sign size, sign ownership, land ownership, sign message, comments, and location. It is typical for each sign inventory to have a corresponding photograph of the sign being inventoried.

Arrangement

Alphabetical by county.

Additional Forms

This series is available online as part of the
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Access Restrictions

This series is classified as Public.

Use Restrictions

These records are available for reproduction and use.

Preferred Citation

Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.

Acquisition Information

These records were acquired from the creating agency through established retention schedules.

Processing Information

Processing work for this series was overseen by Jim Kichas. Multiple volunteers assisted with processing this series between 2012 and 2016, including Shanna Besendorfer, Shannon Cole, Nicole Eatough, Michael Jones, Thomas Kidd, Shaundra Lembke, Jamie Mitchell, Jana Richardson, and Mike Wassmer. Final processing work was completed by archivist Rod Swaner in 2016. The finding aid for this series was drafted by Jim Kichas in October 2016.

Related Material

Dedication program booklets from the Road Commission. Department of Highways, Series 9917, contains historic information and photographs of road signs found along many of the roads in this series.
Tourist access roads publications from the Road Commission. Department of Highways, Series 21104, contains information and photographs for road signs found along many of the roads described in this series.

Indexing Terms

Roads--Utah.
Advertising--Utah.
Transportation--Utah.

Container List

BoxDescription
1Inventories: Beaver County
1Inventories: Box Elder County
1Inventories: Cache County
1Inventories: Carbon County
2Inventories: Carbon County
2Inventories: Daggett County
2Inventories: Davis County
3Inventories: Duchesne County
3Inventories: Emery County
3Inventories: Garfield County
4Inventories: Grand County
4Inventories: Iron County
4Inventories: Juab County
5Inventories: Kane County
5Inventories: Millard County
5Inventories: Morgan County
5Inventories: Piute County
5Inventories: Rich County
6Inventories: Salt Lake County
7Inventories: Salt Lake County
7Inventories: San Juan County
7Inventories: Sanpete County
8Inventories: Sevier County
8Inventories: Summit County
9Inventories: Tooele County
9Inventories: Uintah County
10Inventories: Uintah County
10Inventories: Utah County
11Inventories: Utah County
11Inventories: Wasatch County
12Inventories: Washington County
12Inventories: Weber County
13Photographs: Beaver County
13Photographs: Box Elder County
14Photographs: Box Elder County
15Photographs: Box Elder County
15Photographs: Cache County
16Photographs: Cache County
16Photographs: Carbon County
17Photographs: Carbon County
17Photographs: Davis County
18Photographs: Davis County
19Photographs: Davis County
19Photographs: Duchesne County
20Photographs: Duchesne County
20Photographs: Emery County
20Photographs: Garfield County
21Photographs: Garfield County
21Photographs: Grand County
22Photographs: Grand County
22Photographs: Iron County
23Photographs: Iron County
23Photographs: Juab County
24Photographs: Juab County
24Photographs: Kane County
25Photographs: Kane County
25Photographs: Millard County
26Photographs: Millard County
26Photographs: Morgan County
26Photographs: Piute County
27Photographs: Rich County
27Photographs: Salt Lake County
28Photographs: Salt Lake County
29Photographs: Salt Lake County
30Photographs: Salt Lake County
31Photographs: Salt Lake County
32Photographs: Salt Lake County
32Photographs: San Juan County
32Photographs: Sanpete County
33Photographs: Sanpete County
33Photographs: Sevier County
34Photographs: Sevier County
34Photographs: Summit County
35Photographs: Summit County
36Photographs: Summit County
36Photographs: Tooele County
37Photographs: Tooele County
37Photographs: Uintah County
38Photographs: Uintah County
39Photographs: Uintah County
39Photographs: Utah County
40Photographs: Utah County
41Photographs: Utah County
42Photographs: Utah County
42Photographs: Wasatch County
43Photographs: Washington County
44Photographs: Washington County
44Photographs: Weber County
45Photographs: Weber County
46Utah State Highway Department - 212 Signs or Structures (Color Photographs)